Greg Sandoval / CNET:Microsoft mulls plan for new music service (exclusive) — The software maker has discussed with some of the major record companies about creating a music service to serve Xbox as well as an upcoming Windows-based phone. — Microsoft is in talks with some of the major record companies …

Jenna Wortham / Bits:Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up — Groupon has purchased Hyperpublic, a start-up that builds databases of local information and makes them freely available to developers. — Hyperpublic, which is based in New York, got off the ground two years ago as a site where people …

Michael Holden / Reuters:Briton jailed for “extensive” Facebook hack — (Reuters) - A British student, who hacked into Facebook’s internal network risking “disastrous” consequences for the website, was jailed for eight months on Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of its kind they had seen.